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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 67 · 1962

Lanja

Winner — 1962

SHASHISHENKAR KASHINATH ATHALYE
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 51.6%INC 23.4%2 others 25.0%
Votes
9,562
51.6% share
Winning margin
5,226
28.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
33.8%
of 54,876

Lanja is a safe seat — SHASHISHENKAR KASHINATH ATHALYE won by 28.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHASHISHENKAR KASHINATH ATHALYE
Praja Socialist Party
9,56251.6%
2
ANNA SHRIPAT VISHWASRAO
INC
4,33623.4%
3
NARAYAN BABU CHAUGULE
2,66914.4%
4
PURUSHOTTAM PANDURANG CHAWAN
1,95810.6%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

High turnout (23rd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
28.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.6% · min 2.3% · max 28.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
23rd of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
172nd of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
91st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
264 seats · 133 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 51.6%INC 23.4%PWP 14.4%BJS 10.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,72,942
Density
74 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
14,412 km²
SC population11.3%
ST population38.7%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.4%Buddhist 7.7%Other 5.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity59.2%
Sanitation27.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated97.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.7%
Children underweight (under 5)35.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate79.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.1%
Clean cooking fuel60.5%
Health insurance33.3%

What's nearby?

6 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Forest products🏺Rice
Fort wall, Wairagrah

Fort wall, Wairagrah

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort wall

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Fortress of Tipagarh

🏛️MonumentASI

Fortress of Tipagarh

Old Temple, Armori

Old Temple, Armori

🏛️MonumentASI

Old Temple

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Stone Circle

🏛️MonumentASI

Stone Circle

Temple of Bhandareshwar

Temple of Bhandareshwar

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple of Bhandareshwar

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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